Yesterday, Lexmark announced a 1,700 employee job cut and an end to manufacturing consumer inkjet printers, in a cost cutting and restructuring maneuver. The company plans on shutting down its inkjet supply manufacturing center in the Philippines by 2015 and an end to all inkjet development by next year. Lexmark chairman and CEO Paul Rooke […]
There’s an old saying in the world of photography that the best camera is the one you have with you. Usually, this refers to photographers who would carry around a pocket-sized compact instead of their bulky professional gear when off their job. The concept is simple: when an unexpected photo opportunity arises, who cares if you […]
The Nexus Q is a strange device at $299 for a simple media streamer that doesn’t have half the functionality of a much cheaper Apple TV or Roku box. Perhaps that’s why Google has delayed the launch of the overpriced sphere, sending emails out to people who pre-ordererd the device that they’ll have to wait […]
Good news for Apple TV owners who feel like they’re not getting as much use out of their boxes as they’d like. Today, Apple TV rolls out Hulu Plus in a software update. Until now, the $99 set-top box from Apple allowed purchasing selected movies and television shows via iTunes or using the popular Netflix service, […]
All last week, Techcitement ran a special giveaway for commenters on our Facebook page. The winner would receive a GelaSkins gift card valued at $60. Today, we announced the winner, one Chris Allen, for his long and detailed response to our article on Marissa Mayer, the recently-appointed CEO of Yahoo. Here’s a snippet of what […]
The good folks over at Pivothead were nice enough to let us try out a pair of their new video camera glasses. At a street price of $350, the glasses aren’t cheap. However, the convenience of being able to record hands-free video or snap photos without digging out your digital camera or cellphone may well be worth […]
Lovotics is at it again. This time, the Singapore-based company is working on a system that transmits kisses from one person to another. Lovotics calls the device a Kissenger: The Kiss Transmitter, and it’s, well, it’s a little creepy. Actually, creepy is probably an understatement. Okay, let’s run down the list of problems. How lazy […]
The Great Camera Shootout by Chicago-based Zacuto has become an annual digest of what’s new in cinema cameras. For the last three years, the Emmy award-winning documentary series has been testing the hottest trends in digital film-making tools, from professional budget cameras down to affordable DSLRs, and comparing them to the golden standard, 35mm film. […]
In my GelaSkins review that went up last Wednesday, we dropped a bit at the end about how you can win yourself a $60 gift card for a few of these great skins and cases. The rules are simple. Like Techcitement on Facebook. Leave a comment. That’s it. End of rules. On Friday afternoon (July […]
According to information posted on the cellphone discussion website HowardForums, July 9 marked the last day prepaid cellular carrier Boost Mobile allowed new activations of IDEN (Nextel) phones on its network. With Sprint anxious to shut down the Nextel network before the end of 2013, it’s understandable, but this marks the end of an era. […]
